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BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Middle Blocker Sean Salomons (Staten Island, N.Y./St. Peter's) put up a match-high 14 kills, but the St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) men's volleyball team (0-6) fell to the College of Saint Elizabeth (2-2) at The Hill Center, 3-1, on Saturday afternoon.

How It Happened
The Eagles led early on until SJC rallied for three unanswered points with back-to-back kills from Dejon St. Rose-Cuffy (Brooklyn, N.Y./Bishop Loughlin) and Stephen Eddy (Glendale, N.Y./Christ the King) to tie the score at 10. Saint Elizabeth went on to close the set on a 15-6 run to take a 1-0 lead, out-hitting the Bears .450-.000 in the first.

After a 4-0 CSE lead, the second set featured nine ties with the Bears clinging to a slim lead for most of it. The visitors clawed back going ahead 23-20, but two kills from Salomons and four Eagle errors gave St. Joseph's a 26-24 set victory to tie the match at one.

The third was a back-and-forth affair as well with the scored tied at 10 after an SJC service error. Saint Elizabeth went on an 8-2 spurt to take control, but the Bears countered with a 5-1 rally, including an assisted block from St. Rose-Cuffy and Eddy, to cut the deficit to two. The SJC offense stalled there, however, as they didn't score for the rest of the frame to go down 2-1.

St. Joseph's kept battling in the fourth as they took a 10-7 lead after another kill from Salomons. The lead changed once again after a 7-1 run from the Eagles and they never relinquished the advantage, winning set four 25-19 behind three kills from Daniel Chavez.

For the Bears

Salomons led the team with 14 kills and 14 points, followed by Tim Driscoll (Staten Island N.Y.) and his nine kills (nine points, seven digs, three assists).